As the one-year anniversary of his wife's death approached, a North Carolina man decided to honor their enduring bond by passing out love letters he hopes will inspire others.

Hyong Yi, an assistant city manager, and his two children, Anna, 10, and Alex, 7, passed out 100 love letters in uptown Charlotte Friday in memory his wife, Catherine Zanga, who died from ovarian cancer exactly a year earlier.

Fifty of the letters were written from his point of view, and the other 50 from hers.